The advancement of technology has made it easy for people to make their own travel arrangements to almost any part of the world. The great leap forward in computer and communication technology has enabled many people to have access to the internet with all that the internet can offer.
This is true in the case of holiday makers who which to put together their own holiday package. Having the possibility to travel almost anywhere, with the added facility to shop electronically worldwide, thanks to the internet, for holiday services, from airline tickets to holiday villa rentals, lead to the emergence of a La Carte self-made individual holiday package.
Consequently, rental villas started to be considered as a viable and more economic alternative to hotels as a means of group accommodation.

The advantages of holidaying in a rental villa are many:
Allows a relatively large group, family, friends, etc. to holiday really together in a home in contrast to being scattered among several independent “lonely” hotel rooms.
A rental holiday villa provides ample physical and private space contrary to crowded ready-made commercial holiday packages.
Rental villas provide freedom unthinkable of in other types of accommodations.
Thus an extended family of 9 with 7 children will have a great holiday, without others complaining about the children playing all the time or that the noise level created by such a large group is disturbing. The same can not be said about hotels or holiday apartments.
Rental holiday villas are great value for money, specially for larger groups, and always cost less than other types of accommodations.

How can one go about renting a holiday villa in Cyprus?
Once the decision has been made on where to go in Cyprus, Limassol is best due to its central location, then the number of guests in your party, and whether singles/couples/children, has to be established. Based on this, the number of the required bedrooms in the holiday villa can then be decided.
This is then followed by ensuring that the features which a holiday villa must have are there: swimming pool, garden, availability of BBQ area, suitable size of kitchen and dining areas to accommodate all the family or the holidaying party. Availability of a maid service for cleaning, not far from the beach, supermarkets and general shops. At least one local super market should be at a walking distance. Availability of local taxis. Possibility to order and get ready made meals delivered to the villa. Internet access.
The next step will be to contact the villa’s operators with your requirements including number of guests in your party and the dates for which you would like to book the villa.
The villa’s operators might send you quotations on more than one villa which they believe might be of interest to you. In this case you can select the one that you believe is most suitable to your requirements. A booking confirmation deposit payment (usually 25% of total rental) will then be required and the villa will be firmly booked for your party for your specific dates.
8 weeks before your actual arrival at the villa, the balance payment will be due. Then 2 – 3 weeks before check-in at the villa, your flight arrival details will be required, to enable the villa’s operators to send you directions on how to get to the villa based on your airport of arrival.